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East Asians in
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Investigations at a Roman cemetery near Vagnari, southern Italy, have thrown up unexpected but extremely exciting information regarding the ethnic diversity of the Roman Empire. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the teeth of one the male skeletons buried in the 1st-2nd century AD, returned mtDNA results that placed him firmly into a genetic group of East Asian origin, raising new questions about the links that existed between the Roman Empire and the civilisations of the Far East.
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Archaeological excavations at the early imperial cemetery site of Vagnari, southern Italy. Courtesy Prof. Tracy Prowse |
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Vandalising America’s
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According to the Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM), near the end of last year a number of prehistoric features at Sears Point Archaeological Site, Yuma County, were found to have been badly vandalised. Boulders carved with rock art were tipped over, while some of the petroglyphs were deliberately smashed or chiseled from the rocks. The BLM has therefore offered a reward of $1500 for information leading to the identification and prosecution of those responsible.
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Photos courtesy of Bureau of Land Management, Yuma. |
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A new online archive of inscriptions from the ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a scholarly resource that can be viewed by scholars as well as the interested public. Texts displayed include the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia and Canaan, papyri from Egypt, inscriptions carved on stones from Jordan, and many others.
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The tablet is a part of the Persepolis Fortification Archive. On loan from the Iranian government to the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. |
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Recent studies carried out in the cold waters of the Baltic have clearly demonstrated that marine invaders – a species of shipworm known as Teredo navalis – are steadily extending their range into the sea, causing huge financial damage as they go, and threatening the rich underwater archaeology and maritime heritage of the region.
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Shipworm borings in a modern wharf piling. Photograph courtesy Prof. Mark A. Wilson, Department of Geology, College of Wooster, Ohio. |
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The following articles appear in the
MAR/APR 2010
issue of MINERVA |
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| Forging Into the Past The V&As exhibition of fake art and forgeries / Richard Falkiner |
|  | | The Coming of the Light - Experiencing the winter solstice at Newgrange / Dr Kate Prendergast |
| | | Into the Afterlife - The restored artwork of the tomb-chapel of Nebamun / Dr Murray Eiland |
| | | Were stencils used to create wall paintings? / Dr Constantin Papaodysseus |
| | | Scientists or Romantic Adventurers? - Victorian traveller-archaeologists in Turkey / Dr Debbie Challis |
| | | Lost and Found - Painted marbles looted from a tomb of the 4th century BC / Dalu Jones |
| | | Treasure Island - A look at the artefacts discovered in England and Wales during 2007 / Peter Clayton |
| | | The Earth-Shaker - How seismic activity shaped ancient myth and history / Mark Merrony |
| | | The Gallic Ghost - An obscure emperor is restored to history / Richard Abdy |
| | | Eros and Eroticism in Antiquity - It’s adults only at the Museum of Cycladic Art / Jerome Eisenberg |
| | | Death Becomes Us - The legacy of the medieval dead / Howard Williams |
| | | Within Reach of the Crescent Moon - Connections between Britain and the medieval Muslim world / Andrew Petersen |
| | | Antiquities Sales Report - The action from the auction houses / Richard Falkiner |
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Editor-in-Chief
Dr Mark Merrony
Editor
Dr James Beresford
Publisher
Myles Poulton
Managing Editor
Sophie Mackenzie
Art Director
Nick Riggall
Designers
Lyndon Williams
Debra Foster
Editorial Associate
Georgina Read
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